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Panel Sides with FFAW for Lobster Reconsideration

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Panel Sides with FFAW for Lobster Reconsideration
May 25, 2020

The Price Setting Panel announced their decision in the reconsideration of the price of lobster for the 2020 season, siding with the FFAW’s position that will maintain the Urner Barry formula and the minimum price of $3.25.

In their reconsideration, SPONL’s attempted to deduct $0.50USD off the Urner Barry price before applying the sharing formula, which would have reduced the price paid to harvesters by $0.40cents per pound.

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Dr. Erin Carruthers

Dr. Erin Carruthers is the Science Director and Senior Fisheries Scientist with the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor), which is the labour union that represents the owner-operator fleet in Newfoundland and Labrador. The FFAW is committed to research and management that supports healthy oceans, fisheries, and coastal communities. Dr. Carruthers received her Ph. D. in Biology from Memorial University in 2011 followed by a postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research. Before coming to Newfoundland, Erin worked as a Research Biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the St. Andrews Biological Station. Her current research program is co-constructed with fish harvesters and includes research on coastal fishing communities, collaborative longline and trap surveys, and best practices for the avoidance, handling and release of unwanted catch.